The Ruling on Congregational Prayer and the Prayer of the Father and Brothers at Home
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Question:
He says: My father prays most of the prayers at home and has no excuse for missing the congregation. My brothers have taken my father as a model for them, so they do not go to the mosque. I have already advised them and guided them, directly or indirectly. The question is: Is their prayer at home permissible? Is it permissible for me to sit with them? Does this fall under loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') or not?
Answer:
If they have no excuse, their prayer is not valid; it is not permissible for them to pray at home while abandoning an obligatory duty, which is congregational prayer. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:352 This is an authentic hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Why do these people not respond?
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 797Sahih (Darussalam) describing them as hypocrites. And he said: Sahih al-Bukhari 2420 up to the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "And set fire to their houses." All these hadiths indicate the obligation of congregational prayer as a mandatory duty (fard), and it is not permissible to pray it at home without an excuse.
So the one who prays it at home without an excuse is either committing a great sin and abandoning an obligatory duty, or his prayer is not valid at all and he has not prayed, as is apparent from the hadiths. The danger in abandoning congregational prayer is great. So if these people do not comply, and you are able to be independent and distance yourself from them, distance yourself from them and live far away from them. Yes.
He says: My father prays most of the prayers at home and has no excuse for missing the congregation. My brothers have taken my father as a model for them, so they do not go to the mosque. I have already advised them and guided them, directly or indirectly. The question is: Is their prayer at home permissible? Is it permissible for me to sit with them? Does this fall under loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') or not?
Answer:
If they have no excuse, their prayer is not valid; it is not permissible for them to pray at home while abandoning an obligatory duty, which is congregational prayer. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond, he has no prayer except one who has an excuse
من سمع النداء فلم يجب فلا صلاه له الا من عذرAnd he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the 'Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer. If only they knew what (reward) there is in them, they would come to them even if they had to crawl.
اثقل الصلوات على المنافقين صلاه العشاء وصلاه الفجر ولو يعلمون ما فيهما لاتوهما ولو حبواNo doubt, I intended to order somebody to pronounce the Iqama of the (compulsory congregational) prayer
لقد هممت ان امر بالصلاه فتقامSo the one who prays it at home without an excuse is either committing a great sin and abandoning an obligatory duty, or his prayer is not valid at all and he has not prayed, as is apparent from the hadiths. The danger in abandoning congregational prayer is great. So if these people do not comply, and you are able to be independent and distance yourself from them, distance yourself from them and live far away from them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-037-الفرق بين التيسير الشرعي والمعاصر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:21)
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